Bill Text: NY A08953 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Specifies the use for which certain state lands are to be transferred to the city of New Rochelle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-08 - enacting clause stricken [A08953 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08953-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8953

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 6, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN  ACT  to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019, authorizing the commis-
          sioner of general services to transfer and convey certain  state  land
          to  the city of New Rochelle, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
          S.6228-A and A.7846-A, in relation to specifying  the  use  for  which
          certain state lands are to be transferred to the city of New Rochelle

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Sections 5 and 6 of a chapter of the laws of 2019,  author-
     2  izing  the  commissioner  of  general  services  to  transfer and convey
     3  certain state land to the city of New Rochelle, as proposed in  legisla-
     4  tive  bills  numbers  S.6228-A  and  A.7846-A,  are  amended  to read as
     5  follows:
     6    § 5. Any lands transferred pursuant to this act shall be used for  the
     7  purposes  of  the  city  of New Rochelle to utilize the subject property
     8  exclusively for the construction of municipal facilities, specifically a
     9  city hall building and [to satisfy the]  affordable  housing  [needs  of
    10  residents  of] located in the city of New Rochelle, which solely for the
    11  purposes of this act, shall mean that one hundred percent of the  rental
    12  dwelling  units in the building shall, upon initial rental and upon each
    13  subsequent rental following a vacancy, be affordable to  and  restricted
    14  to occupancy by individuals or families in accordance with a plan devel-
    15  oped  and approved by the commissioner of the New York state division of
    16  homes and community renewal, and upon termination of such use, title  to
    17  the lands so transferred shall revert to the state of New York.  In lieu
    18  of  such  reversion,  the city of New Rochelle may purchase the reverter
    19  interest in the subject property at the current fair market values  less
    20  the  value  of  any  improvements  thereon  as determined by independent
    21  certified appraisal or appraisals.
    22    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided  however,  that
    23  the  authority  of  the commissioner of general services to transfer and
    24  convey the aforesaid lands and improvements pursuant to this  act  shall
    25  expire two years after such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 8953                             2

     1    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
     2  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, authorizing the commissioner of
     3  general services to transfer and convey certain state land to  the  city
     4  of  New  Rochelle, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6228-A and
     5  A.7846-A, takes effect.